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A walkie-talkie (more formally known as a handheld transceiver, or HT) is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald L. Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, and engineering teams at Motorola. First used for infantry, similar designs were created for field artillery and tank units, and after the war, walkie-talkies spread to public safety and eventually commercial and jobsite work.

A walkie-talkie is a half-duplex communication device; only one radio on the channel can transmit at a time, although any number can listen. The transceiver is normally in receive mode; when the user wants to talk they press a “push-to-talk” (PTT) button that turns off the receiver and turns on the transmitter. Typical walkie-talkies resemble a telephone handset, possibly slightly larger but still a single unit, with an antenna mounted on…

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How do I know I’m really focused on my stats?
Well, this morning my index finger goes for bottom button on the menu to check what’s new in stats. Who’s been reading what, where, and how many?
However, the powers that be at WordPress, in their infinite “wisdom”, and perhaps just to confuse us, have suddenly moved that button from the BOTTOM of the menu to the very TOP. My finger isn’t yet aware of this new change, so it automatically goes to the bottom button, and presses that, which brings now brings up……..what? Choices of WordPress plans? What did they do with my stats?????

The button at the top of the menu used to say view site. Now that is in SECOND place. How confusing is that? I liked the view site button at the top, where it belonged. Top…

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Snippets 77. John Abernethy (1764-1831) was the author of one of the earliest popular books on medical science, published in 1809. It was not long before other authors began to hang on his coat-tails, and in 1830 Common Sense or the Abernethian Code of Health and Longevity was published anonymously. It was not the first such example, but is notable for the inclusion of an interesting list of long-lived people, some of which might seem a little hard to believe today.

Isabel Walker, a Scotch woman, died at 112, without much severity of regimen; but she was distinguished by a placidity of temper, and possessed that happy medium state of habit, neither lean nor corpulent, favourable to long life.

Peter Garden, a Scotchman, died aged 131; his stature was tall, and his employment agriculture, which he continued to his death…

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If you’re 16 in the UK, you can drop out of school, get a job, pay taxes, and even join the army. Yet, in spite of all of this, you cannot vote. Governments with the ability to send people to war, change the rate of tax and change the laws to which we are all subject are not directly accountable to you. They have no democratic obligation to listen to you, nor do they have to worry about you voting them out office in the immediate future.

In the wake of a referendum which has condemned young people (the vast majority of whom wished to remain) to a future outside of the EU, it is important now more than ever before that the voices of 16-18-year-olds are heard. Many feel that there’s only one real and meaningful way that this can be addressed – giving them the ability to vote…

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Originally posted on PenneyVanderbilt: pgatour.com Ken Venturi interview with Ben Hogan 1983 Multiple courses lay claim to the title of “Hogan’s Alley,” but few can rival the role that Colonial Country Club played in the legend’s career. Not only did Hogan win five times at Colonial, which will host this week’s Fort Worth Invitational, but…

pgatour.com Ken Venturi interview with Ben Hogan 1983 Multiple courses lay claim to the title of “Hogan’s Alley,” but few can rival the role that Colonial Country Club played in the legend’s career. Not only did Hogan win five times at Colonial, which will host this week’s Fort Worth Invitational, but the course’s founder, Marvin […]

Originally posted on Penney Vanderbilt and KC Jones: All About Railroads: AM New York The MTA board will vote on a proposed pilot program Wednesday that would dramatically reduce LIRR ticket prices for 10 stations in Brooklyn and Queens, including Atlantic Terminal. Photo Credit: The MTA board will vote on a proposed pilot program Wednesday…

Originally posted on Penney Vanderbilt and KC Jones: All About Railroads: patch.com ? The MTA plans to run 16 additional trains around the weekday rush hours starting in November. NEW YORK, NY — The MTA plans to run 16 extra trains on four subway lines starting this fall to reduce wait times and crowding. The…

Originally posted on thekitchensgarden: After being rained on the day we were to bale and then all the next night, yesterday evening we finally got the hay baled and under cover. About one hundred bales are pretty good – a little wetter than they should be …… but I have stored them in the loft…

Originally posted on Perspectives on Life, the Universe and Everything: when the pen of a poor poet or a singer singing on the road create flowers with the most amazing smell the most beautiful colour fruits and berries melting in the mouth soothing all senses past, present, all tenses in a random unthought verse unseen…

Originally posted on Penney Vanderbilt and KC Jones: All About Railroads: In a word: history by JOSH FRUHLINGER Village Voice The New York City Subway is the lifeblood of the city, yet it seems perpetually embroiled in crisis; though it’s currently caught in a terrible backlog of deferred maintenance, the city can’t function without it, as…